Today is the 150th anniversary of Lincoln’s signing of the Emancipation Proclamation

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Jan 1, 2013 at 11:15 AM

This first half of the second decade of the 21st century is filled with 150th anniversaries of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s presidency.

Today’s anniversary is ESPECIALLY NOTABLE:

One hundred and fifty years ago, on Jan. 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln presided over the annual White House New Year’s reception. Late that afternoon, he retired to his study to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. When he took up his pen, his hand was shaking from exhaustion. Briefly, he paused — “I do not want it to appear as if I hesitated,” he remarked. Then Lincoln affixed a firm signature to ...

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Pat Cunningham

This first half of the second decade of the 21st century is filled with 150th anniversaries of the Civil War and Abraham Lincoln’s presidency.

Today’s anniversary is ESPECIALLY NOTABLE:

One hundred and fifty years ago, on Jan. 1, 1863, Abraham Lincoln presided over the annual White House New Year’s reception. Late that afternoon, he retired to his study to sign the Emancipation Proclamation. When he took up his pen, his hand was shaking from exhaustion. Briefly, he paused — “I do not want it to appear as if I hesitated,” he remarked. Then Lincoln affixed a firm signature to ...